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Sustainable South Hams in 2023

Sustainable South Hams in 2023

Our recent Christmas Celebration gave us the chance to hear about some of your proudest achievements from 2023, and was also a reminder of how much has happened for Sustainable South Hams in the last year! Read on for a round up of where we’re at now, what we’re looking forward to, and the wide range of things we’ve been up to.

December 22, 2023
Spotlight on Thermal Imaging

Spotlight on Thermal Imaging

January’s Change Makers gathering will offer sustainability group leaders space to discuss using thermal imaging cameras as a tool in their community. We spoke with Dan Parnell, who has been using a thermal imaging camera with Sustainable South Brent (SSB) and will be speaking at the gathering, to get some insight in advance.

December 18, 2023
Exciting Plans for Our Upcoming Assembly!

Exciting Plans for Our Upcoming Assembly!

As we work to develop next year’s Assembly, focussing on Young People and Education, we’ve been learning from some wonderful exemplar projects. This month, a group from Sustainable South Hams visited the Harbour House Gallery in Kingsbridge to view the amazing exhibition by their young curators and to find out more about co-creating with young people from Dr Beth Richards, who headed up the project.

November 13, 2023

Groups

Transition Town Totnes

Transition Town Totnes

Transition Streets - a community-focussed initiative supporting social cohesion, carbon reduction, and energy saving; Incredible Edible Totnes - supporting local and accessible food growing in public spaces; Totnes Climate Hub - a public space for creating community support and local responses to our global challenges; REconomy Project - a project inspiring economic regeneration locally; Time to Breathe - a meditative space for personal wellbeing support

20-100
Volunteers
Charity
Project Cost
Bigbury Net Zero

Bigbury Net Zero

Bigbury Net Zero is a community group promoting cooperation between neighbouring parishes in Aveton Gifford, Thurlestone, Ringmore, Kingston & Modbury in order to reduce our joint carbon footprint and rebuild nature between the River Avon and the River Erme.

20-100
Volunteers
Community Association
Project Cost
Sustainable South Brent

Sustainable South Brent

We now have a number of well-established projects, including the Marsh Composting Centre, a school garden, a hedges and woodland group and the 4B's. We have more than 200 members. SSB works closely with South Brent Parish Council who declared a Climate and Ecological Emergency in 2019. The Trustee group is presently reviewing strategic priorities and is currently focussing new effort around transport and energy projects.

100+
Volunteers
Charity
Project Cost

Projects

Engage With Energy

Engage With Energy

Kingsbridge Energy Fair offered insights to eco-energy possibilities

5-20
Volunteers
<£5k
Project Cost
Living Churchyards: Protect Wildlife in Your Local Churchyard

Living Churchyards: Protect Wildlife in Your Local Churchyard

Devon Living Churchyards Project encourages churches to support wildlife

20+
Volunteers
£50k +
Project Cost
Engage your Community with a Nature & Climate Fair

Engage your Community with a Nature & Climate Fair

Village summer Fair for South Brent with a focus on sustainability

20+
Volunteers
£5k - £50k
Project Cost